In a show of solidarity with jailed former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar, senior party leaders Ahmed Patel, K.C. Venugopal and D.K. Suresh met him on Thursday.
The new legal clinic was jointly inaugurated by Justice Khanna, and Delhi Chief Justice Patel, he said. Justices G.S. Sistani and S. Murlidhar of the Delhi High Court were also present on the occasion.
Congress has maintained that Chidambaram's arrest is a witch hunt by the central government. P Chidambaram was sent to Tihar jail by the Rouse Avenue Court.
"Gufran was lodged inside the jail number 1 of Tihar prison. On Tuesday at 11.15 am, he hanged himself with a piece of cloth to commit suicide.
The Congress leader was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after the court directed the ED to take him for a check-up.
The former Union Minister, born in 1945 in Kanadukathan in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, is in judicial custody till September 19 in the INX Media corruption case that the Central Bureau of Investigation is probing.
The first Home Minister of India to end up in the Tihar Jail, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who has been sent to 14 days judicial custody in the INX Media case, spent his first night in his cell on the floor - with only three to four blankets to his comfort.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday accused the BJP government at the Centre of implementing the "Gujarat Model of Governance" where innocents are framed in "false" cases. Singh said former finance minister and party colleague P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media corruption case and lodged in Tihar jail, has been falsely implicated.
Jail no.7, ward no.2 and cell no. 15 of Tihar Jail is where Chidambaram is lodged till September 19. The Congress leader is being treated like any other under-trial at the Tihar, with no special privileges except those allowed by the court.
Former Union minister P Chidambaram is the latest inmate of the Tihar jail, known to be the largest in Asia with 16 prisons. Currently, it houses 17,400 inmates, including around 14,000 undertrials, officials said.
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on Thursday lodged in the capital's Tihar Jail where he will not find it easy to adjust to the stifling barracks which will be a far cry from his days in North Block.
Former finance minister and senior Congress leader, P Chidambaram was today sent to Tihar Jail where he will be under judicial custody until September 19 in the INX Media Case. Chidambaram will be spending 14 days in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Chidambaram has Z-category security protection.
In a bizarre recovery, a mobile phone has been found from the stomach of a prisoner lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
Rajan is also not allowed to go outside the ward premises. "Only for sometime in the day is Rajan allowed to take a stroll in a veranda, adjacent to his cell," a source said.
Rajendra Singh Sethia has been called as biggest bankrupt in British history. An inmate of Tihar jail, Sethia is also accused of helping Charles Sobhraj escape prison. This is 'Sethia Saheb's' story.
The women inmates inside Tihar jail have claimed they have spotted a ghost of a woman. The Tihar jail inmates have also said they hear spooky sounds of a woman screaming inside the jail, as soon as the clock strikes 2 at night. Some say the spirit of a woman who committed suicide inside the Tihar jail haunts other inmates, who have now demanded a probe into the complete situation.
According to DU authorities, two constables of Delhi Police have approached them on different occasions to seek admission for the man who scored 40 per cent marks in his 12th standard.
Male inmates have had a functional semi-open and open jail for quite some time.
The prison staff and the inmates will receive proper counselling regarding food habits and diseases. Also, a doctor and a pharmacist will be available on three alternate days of a week at Central Jail No 14, Mandoli
A Delhi court on Thursday summoned Tihar Jail authorities after Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, accused jail officials of serving him boiled food which he said had made him lose 16 kg.
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